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MBASURING VESSEL. No. 374,759'. Patentd Deo. 1.3, 1887.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEo JOHN F. SEGOG, OF DULUTH, ASSIGNOR OFONE-HALF TO MARY E. GLEASON, OF STILLWATER, MINNESOTA.

MEASURING-VESSEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 374,759I dated December13, 1887. Application 'ledv July 24, 1886. Renewed August 8, 1887.Serial No. 246,409. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN F. SEGOG, a citizen of the United States,residing at Duluth, Minnesota, have invented new and useful Improvementsin lVIeasuring-Vessels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to measuring-vessels used by cooks, and isdesigned as an improvement on that class comprising two vessels, the oneof glass fitting within the other and having a weighing-springinterposed between the bottom of the inner and outer' vessel forsupporting the former.

In myimprovement a portion of the edge and side of the outer metalvessel is removed to permit the iingers grasping the inner glass vesselfor removing it when. at the lowest point, and in case it (the innervessel) be provided with a handle the latter is brought in register withthe depression in the edge of the outer vessel, when the inner vesselcan be moved up and down without anyinterference between the handle andouter vessel. The outer vessel also has portions removed on each side ofthe cut-away edge portion, and on diametrically-opposite sides of thevessel,forming sight-openings, and having pointers projectedhorizontally into said openings located at the `'same level forindicating the measurement, and

also for leveling the device when making the measurement, so that theinner vessel may not cant and bind against the sides of the outervessel. Theinner vessel is provided with three lines of graduations orscales for measuring solids and liquids.

. The object of the improved measuring-vessel is to simplify theconstruction of this cla-ss of devices, and to provide for themeasurement of liquids or solids in the same device.

In the drawings, Figure lshows my improved measuring-vessel inperspective. Fig. 2 is a. vertlcal section of the same. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of the glass vessel. Fig. 4. is a perspective of theouter vessel. l

The outer vessel, A, may be of any shape in cross-section, and bemade ofany material, preferably sheet metal, of cylindrical form, shown. Aportion is removed or cut away from i-ts upper edge, forming thedepression A, and on each side of this depression sight-openingsA2 areformed on diametrically-opposite sides of the vessel, and from thevertical edge of these openings pointers a project horizontally'. Thesepointers are loca ted at the same level, and are used to inbetween itsbottom and the bottom of the outer vessel. It is made of glass andprovided with a handle, b.

By this cup device both solids and liquids can be measured by the cookeasily and quickly, the scales of the containing-vessels being suitedfor such different measurements. The front one, c, extends the height ofthe vessel, and is for measuring liquids, while the two side scales, d,extend from the top of the vessel to a point below the middle of itsheight, and are for measuring solids. For baking cake and for putting upfruit'the device will be found useful in measuring the milk, sirup, andliavoring, or to determine the weight of fruit, sugar, Snc.

The provision of thethree lines of scales on the glass vessel is topermit said vessel, by its longest scale, to be used separately formeasuring liquids, and to be used with the outer vessel for measuringsolids.

I claim- The combination of the outer measuringvessel, A, having aportion of its top edge removed or depressed at A', and sight-openingsA, formed atfeach side of said depresvsion,having vertical wallsprovided with horizontal pointers a ce, extending into saidsightopenings at the same level, with the inner 93 glass vessel, B,having the three lines of scales, d, d, and c, and a weighing-spring, C,interposed between the bottoms of the vessels, substantially as shownand described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

' JOHN F. SEGOG. Witnesses:

H. L. BENZ, B. S. PARsoNs.

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